Suárez Bakery & Barra — Restaurant in Charlotte

Wow, straight to the trash it went.

This isn’t me complaining for money back or anything, I just wanted to share my experience. I rarely ever write reviews, only when I’m highly disappointed or highly impressed. Well, TLDR; I would not recommend this location.

I remember going to the shop on Park Road back in 2017, and I was quite pleased with the goods there and became a fan since. When this one opened in Optimist, I began visiting this one instead as I’m a lot closer. I’m an occasional visitor, nothing’s that impressive there, but I enjoy baked goods after eating. In the beginning, it was good. A bit overpriced, but I didn’t mind.

After every visit, it just became lacking but never inedible until today when I tried it tonight. It was disgusting. As a baker and ex pastry chef, this was so horrendous that it made me angry. I just tossed it in the trash.

Your salted caramel brownie was so salty, I could taste the ocean. The first bite I took I just spit out. I was in disbelief. I tried another side of it, thinking maybe it was just that one area. Nope. I couldn’t eat it, it was just a bar of salt, not even the dark chocolate can atone for it’s saltiness. I’ve had this a multitude of times here, never had I ever bit into a bar of salt. Next, I tried the chocolate chip cookie. For sure no one can mess up a chocolate chip cookie? Nope. It tasted like a refrigerator. I took another bite, thinking maybe I was mistaken. No, it tasted like you left it unwrapped properly, put it in a fridge and then out to serve.

I understand that you’re a growing and busy business and sometimes things are mass prepped/made, but there sure is a lack of...

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I was really looking forward to purchasing some pastries. I am so glad that I was in the line behind two people who were indecisive and took forever to place their orders. This allowed me to see several bugs entering the opening of the uncovered pastries nearest the register. The front side that is customer facing is covered and the top; however, the backside where they pull the treats from isn’t covered at all. When I mentioned something about the bugs, is when one of the female employees attempted to fan the bugs off; however, that didn’t stop multiple bugs from being able to land on several of the pastries. I was disgusted and immediately left the line. You all need to find a better solution for keeping the pastries covered. Although you cannot control the bugs, you can however find a better solution for keeping the pastries protected from the bugs instead of having open shelving where the bugs have free rein. This was completely unsanitary and left a sour taste...